Fang's School has two holidays in January, one at the middle of the month and one at the end of the month.
I took the exam only once in mid-term, but this time at the end of mid-term, I took it easy.
Manjianghong Hot Pot Restaurant was scheduled to open on this day, everyone happened to be free, and it was a good day.
It was so early in the morning that I applied whitehead frost, so I knew it was going to be a sunny day.
Ma Yulin, Dong Shuangqi, and Fang Wenhe, the three businessmen, had promised long ago that they would be responsible for soliciting customers on the opening day. Not to mention, it would be no problem to leave ten tables for them!
So let’s not talk about how business is going today, but it won’t be a dull moment.
Therefore, the kitchen has been busy since last night.
Making hot pot is simple. There are hot pot ingredients and stock, and you can start scalding it immediately. There is no need to order the vegetables and stir-fry them immediately. However, the vegetables that need to be scalded must be prepared in advance, washed and cut.
The soup stock was also served the night before.
Hot pot restaurants don’t need a cook to cook, but they need to cook the soup, so they specially hired a cook. Well, as suggested by Xu Dajun, they hired a cook who can make Yangzhou fried rice. Hot pot and fried rice are also a perfect match.
Most of the other women were hired by the workshop to grind herbs, and there was no room for anyone else.
"My lord, you can also eat it with fried rice."
Someone couldn't help shouting to the table next to them that was eating: "Hey! You guys should eat faster! Why are you so grindy and open your mouth wider?"
"For table No. 3 on the first floor, I want the mandarin duck pot, one piece of beef louver, one piece of beef, one piece of mutton, one piece of fish balls..."
The large round table can seat six to eight people, and the Four Immortals table can seat two to four people.
From the time it opened in the middle of the day to the end of the day, there were no interruptions in the number of customers. The Man Jianghong hot pot restaurant was full of customers, it was really a house full of customers!
"For table No. 8 on the first floor, I want the red pot, one piece of beef scallops, one piece of mutton, one piece of fish fillet, one piece of Chinese cabbage..."
All in all, the second and third floors were already full before this batch of customers arrived.
"Sir, when the soup base is boiled, we can start to put the dishes in it. Beef and mutton must be cooked. We can use chopsticks to hold the beef louvers like a mutton pot.
It goes in and out of the pot like this, and after boiling it for seven or eight times, you can wrap it in dipping sauce and eat it!"
"Sir, you should eat the cooked food in the pot as soon as possible. If it is overcooked, it will affect the taste!"
The man turned around and said, "I also want to eat it quickly. Doesn't it have to be boiled before it's cooked? If it's not cooked, you'll have diarrhea! Don't be impatient, just wait."
"I want Yuanyang Hot Pot in Box 1 on the third floor..."
The second floor also has the same decoration, eight large round tables and six four-cent square tables.
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After waiting and waiting, I finally saw that the dishes ordered on the shelf next to the table were all finished. I thought this table should be empty, right?
A bunch of gangsters came in and occupied more than half of the second floor.
I fry it when someone orders it, and I'm also responsible for making some pre-dinner snacks and so on.
In addition to Chef Mao, there are four women in the back kitchen who are responsible for washing vegetables, cutting vegetables and washing dishes. They were introduced by Xu Dajun. They were the four Qiu women who had taken over the job of washing clothes in the winter.
Leng, they only earn about ten cents a day, so now that they had a more stable job, Xu Dajun simply got it for them.
On the third floor are independent and private boxes, a total of twelve.
The kitchen was busy in full swing, the guys in the front hall were in high spirits, and many people gathered outside. Everything was ready. When the auspicious moment came, shopkeeper Song personally pulled down the red silk plaque on the plaque, Manjianghong Hot Pot Restaurant, with six gilded characters.
, it almost blinded everyone’s eyes under the sunlight.
Three floors, three fronts.
The brand-new decoration, coupled with the high-end and elegant furnishings, makes people feel pleasant and attractive when they look outside.
Serving many people, the scale of the hot pot restaurant is naturally not small.
It's just that the fragrant fragrance that hits your nostrils makes you unable to sit still. You can't help but stretch your neck, look at it again and again, and drink tea to cover up the saliva that is about to flow out.
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From table to table, you can also see waiters walking among them, introducing guests to how to eat, etc.
Under the unified management of Shopkeeper Song, this is the service team of Manjianghong Hot Pot Restaurant.
Before it was too late, the waiters were tidying up, hurriedly eating to fill their bellies, and busy preparing the sold-out dishes. Before it became clear, the rush of customers in the evening had begun again.
"You said that on the 1st, but I can't wait until night on the 25th!"
As a result, the next moment, the guests at that table were clamoring for extra dishes. It was really disappointing.
The other person took a quick bite, his mouth was so hot that he gasped, "Don't rush me! I haven't eaten enough yet, you can come back tomorrow!"
The guests all ate heartily and were full of praise.
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During this period, there were many people who just couldn't wait until they were so hungry that they had no choice but to go to other restaurants for lunch.
The whole hot pot restaurant was bustling with activity. The staff were busy and orderly, without any signs of panic. Those who were carrying the bottom of the pot and those who were busy serving the dishes were all calm and steady. You could tell at a glance that they had practiced a lot.
There are sixteen waiters, waiters, waiters, and waiters in total.
In addition, there are various relatives and family members, and my own business is fine if my family members don’t take care of it.
"Table No. 4 on the second floor wants red pot..."
When the onlookers who followed were squeezed out, they were slower and could not even sit on the table in the lobby on the first floor, so they were invited into the waiting area to sit and drink tea while waiting, and they were given numbers one by one in their hands.
Card.
This busy work lasted for nearly two hours, but in the end, all the dishes were sold out. There was really no way to prepare any more, so I had no choice but to quickly hang up the closing sign, stop accepting customers, and close the store.
"Sir, we also have brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, spring rolls, pumpkin cakes, etc. Would you like some first?"
This job is easy, and the monthly salary is the same as that of chefs in other restaurants. Chef Mao happily went to work. At this time, Xu Chunshan taught him how to make brown sugar glutinous rice cakes and other snacks.
impatient.
"I've been eating this for almost half an hour, and I still haven't had enough! Can my number be in line at noon today?"
Ma Yulin, Dong Shuangqi, and Fang Wenhe jumped out to greet the guests and were more lively than the other guys. Well, of course, they greeted the guests they had invited. They had to greet their own guests no matter what.
The first floor is the lobby. There is a large counter in the middle. Small hollow screens are used to set up small tables in other places. There are a total of four large round tables and six square tables. In addition, a tea room is set up as a waiting area.
, if the guests come and don’t take their turn at the table, they can sit here and drink tea and eat snacks while waiting for an empty table to be vacated.
"Sir, when the soup base is boiling, we can make a dipping sauce first. Sesame oil, garlic paste, coriander and green onion are the basic combination. You can add soy sauce, vinegar, pepper powder, etc. according to your own preferences.
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Just listening to this, the guests sitting in the waiting area were very restless and wished they could go out and wait far away. If they couldn't smell this smell or hear these compliments, they would be in agony and torture.
It was just the beginning of the afternoon, and the bustling nightlife in Yiyang Mansion had just begun. It was a pity that it was closed now, but there was nothing we could do.
But at this moment, a group of special guests arrived.
The host was Ma Yulin, who had heard about the bustling opening of Manjianghong during the day, so he came here specially in the evening. His uncle, Mr. Kong, the Tongzhi of Yiyang Prefecture, invited a table of guests, including Mr. Ye, the prefect of Yiyang Prefecture.
They are all prominently listed.
In addition, there are two more distinguished guests.